Barrel.



W. A. THOMAS & J. P. PELEGRIN.

BARREL.

APPLIOATION FILED JULYZ, 1908.

926,623. I Patented June 29, 1909;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, "WEsLEY A. THOMAS and JOHN P. PELEGRIN, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby andState of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBarrels; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in barrels, and the object of ourinvention is to provide a barrel useful for various purposes, such as asauerkraut barrel, and one in which I a removable cover or closure maybe firmly attached to the barrel without the use of any metal inside thebarrel, and provided with a movable plunger capable of being locked invarious positions, so that pressure may be kept upon the contents of thebarrel as desired.

. With these objects in view, our invention consists of the constructionand combina- I tions of parts, as hereafter described and claimed.

, In the accompanying drawingFigure 1 is a vertical section of a barrelembodying our improvements. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same,partly in section. Fig. 3 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale,showing the method of attaching the cover to the barrel on one side.Fig. 4 is a similar view taken from the opposite side, and Fig. 5 is atop plan view of the slat plunger, the handle or operating levertherefor being shown in section.

,- a represents a barrel made in the usual way and provided with abottom I) and hoops 0 preferably of metal. /Vithin this barrel a plungeris adapted to work which consists of slats (Z joined to cross pieces 6,the

whole being provided with a handle or operating leverf which passesvertically through a central aperture in the cover and is pivotallyattached to one of the slats or wires d. This cover is made in two partsg and 71/ hinged together. The part 9 is provided with wooden pins twhich project outwardly and away from each other, as shown in Fig. 2,and are adapted to engage the chime of the barrel, as shown in Fig. 3.To secure the part 9 to the barrel it is provided with a ight-angledbracket and a screw 7c adapted to fit underneath one of the hoops. WhenSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 2, 1908.

UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

WESLEY A. THOMAS AND JOHN I. PELEGRlN, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

BARREL.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Serial No. 441,609.

the screw is turned home the bracket and the pins i firmly hold the part9 in position on the top of the barrel. On top of the part 71. andsecured thereto are two parallel bars m and n which are perforated andengage the pintle 0 which is carried in brackets p on the part 9. Thebar a is cut away, as shown at g, and in this cut-away portion ismounted a pin r on which is pivotally mounted a spring arm 8 providedwith an operating projection t and an eccentric u, and on the part h isa toothed rack U with which the arm sis adapted to engage. The handle fof the plunger projects up through the aperture in the cover opposite tothe pin 1", and it is obvious that by turning the arm 8 the eccentric awill be caused to lock the handle f in any desired position, or torelease it, as desired. Pressure can, therefore, be put upon the handlefand then the plunger locked in any desired position. To hold the part itfirmly down against the top of the barrel, the latter is provided with aspring clip to expanded out at the top, as shown at a, and adapted tofit over the ends of the bars m and n, as shown in Fig. 2.

The operation is as follows :The part g being firmly fixed upon thebarrel, the plunger is drawn up against the bottom of the part h, andthen the part it and the plunger are folded back affording free accessto the barrel. The interior of the barrel is then filled, or partlyfilled, with the sauer kraut or other material, and the plunger and thepart it are turned down over the barrel and the part it is locked bymeans of the wire clip, the arm 8 during all this time being so turnedthat the handle f of the plunger will move freely. The desired pressureis then put upon the handle f, forcing the plunger down upon thematerial, and the arm 8 is turned locking the handle f in the desiredposition, thus keeping the solid material in the barrel under a definitepressure.

l/Ve claim 1. The combination of a barrel, a cover therefor composed oftwo parts hinged together, one of said parts being provided with devicesfor securing it to the top of said barrel, fastening devices carried bysaid barrel for securing the other part of said cover upon said barrel,said cover being provided with a central perforation, a plunger, anoperating handle therefor passing through the perforation of said cover,an arm provided with an eccentric for engaging said handle, and a rackwith which said arm is adapted to engage, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a barrel, a cover therefor made in two partshinged together, fastening devices for securing said cover to saidbarrel, said cover being provided with a central perforation, a plunger,an operating handle pivotally connected to said plunger and passingthrough the perforation in the barrel cover, an arm provided with aneccentric adapted to engage said handle, and a rack with which said armengages, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a barrel, and a cover therefor made in two partshinged together, one of said parts being provided with wooden pinsextending outwardly and away from each other and with a bent brackethaving a securing screw, and the other of said parts being provided withbars, and a fastening device carried by said barrel and adapted toengage said bars, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a barrel, a cover therefor made in two partshinged together, one of said parts being provided with wooden pinsprojecting outwardly and away from each other and adapted to engage thechime of the barrel, and also with a right angled bracket having a setscrew, and the other of said parts being provided with bars across itstop, and a fastening device carried by said barrel for engaging the endsof said bars, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures, in presence of twowitnesses.

XVESLEY A. THOMAS. JNO. P. PELEGRIN. Vfitnesses P. H. PHELAN, Jr, JOHNMoNULrY.

